ALGERIA'S TREASURES: MEDRACEN

Start Date: Nov 26, 2018

Finish Date: Apr 17, 2019

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Madghacen

Madghacen (Berber languagesimedɣasen; also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Madghis) is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia - Algeria.[1]

History[edit]

Madghis was a king[2] of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, in 400 BC Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr ZenataBanu IfranMaghrawa(Aimgharen), MarinidZiyyanid, and Wattasid.[3][4]

Threats[edit]

As ICOMOS noted in their 2006/2007 Heritage at Risk report, the mausoleum has become "the victim of major 'repair work' without respect for the value of th[e] monument and its authenticity."[5][6]